Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Tues. May 26th, 2026

Should air conditioning in schools be mandatory? Ottawa West-Nepean MPP Chandra Pasma, who is also the Ontario NDP’s Education Critic, is tabling the Fighting Extreme Heat In Schools Act. It’s a piece of legislation that has gone through several different iterations over the years, but its primary objective is to mandate maximum temperature standards across Ontario's public education infrastructure. Pasma pays us a visit in Hour 1. Meantime, the City of Ottawa is getting some attention at Queen’s Park today, as a number of local issues were put to the Ford government by local Liberal MPP's. Headlining that list of Ottawa-focused issues is the new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, a budget that has ballooned in the eyes of interim Liberal leader John Fraser. CFRA’s Andrew Pinsent tracks down the latest developments for us. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.